Nantucket's Got Talent

Showings

Description

The Dreamland Film &
Cultural Center is pleased to present Nantucket’s Got Talent, a one-night
performance program to include the myriad talents of those living on Nantucket
year-round. This special event, to be held Friday, March 23rd at
6:00 p.m. in The Dreamland’s main theater, is brought to the community by a
generous grant from Beverly Hall and David Billings, in partnership with Gene
Mahon of Mahon About Town.

Nantucketers of all ages are
encouraged to participate, and open auditions will be held in the studio
theater of The Dreamland on Saturday, Feb. 10th from 11 a.m. to 1
p.m., and Sunday, Feb. 11th from 1-3 p.m.

A true variety show in vein
of the popular television programs like “America’s Got Talent” on NBC,
participants are encouraged to audition with song, dance, acrobatics, magic and
more. In the cold and relatively quiet winter months, The Dreamland hopes
Nantucket schools, churches, choirs, families and friends will participate
before a packed audience of supporters to win significant cash prizes for
first, second and third place contestants.

“We really hope everyone will
participate in this unique community event,” said Joe Hale, The Dreamland’s
executive director. “From children to retirees, and rock n’ bands to church
choirs, we know Nantucket is filled with already recognized as well as unknown
talents. There is no fee to participate and the prizes for the winners are
going to be really outstanding. Nantucket’s Got Talent serves to illustrate The
Dreamland’s continued commitment to becoming the island’s true cultural
center.”

The auditions will be judged
by The Dreamland’s own director of theatre education Laura Gallagher Byrne,
Gene Mahon, publisher of Mahon About Town, community leader Maria
Partida, well-known photographer and event sponsor Beverly Hall, and Dr. Gerald
Mack of the Nantucket Arts Council. The judges will also comment on each act
during the March 23rd performance, but the audience will that night
will have the final word and vote via ballet to determine the winners.